Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
King George V post box
Annaghmore, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Post Box
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- King George V post box, In the wall outside 54 Moss Road, Portadown, Craigavon, Co Armagh
- Townland
- Annaghmore
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.45670, -6.60643
- Date of survey
- 31 December 2004
- HB reference
- HB15/02/065
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A King George post-box made of cast iron set in the low rubble stone boundary wall of a church hall. Post-box inscribed 'GR' with a raised crown, and 'T. Allen & Co. London'. Post-box identification number not clearly visible above lower frame of panel.
SETTING: The wall in which the post-box is set stands facing onto a public road in a rural area.
Historical information
Manufactured by T. Allen & Co of London to a standard design, presumably in the period of the reign of King George V (1910-36).
References – Primary Sources
1. Inscription on box.
2. OS Map 1953, Co Armagh 4.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is an example of a wall-mounted post-box, presumably of the period of the reign of King George V, which is built into a wall of no special architectural or historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- St Francis' Chuch of Ireland ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Water PumpDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Former Annaghmore StationNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- Annaghmore Bridge, Clonmacash Road, Portadown, Craigavon, Co ArmaghBridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.